'Veneer' definitions:
Definition of 'veneer'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Veneer'
From: GCIDE
- Veneer \Ve*neer"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Veneered; p. pr. & vb. n. Veneering.] [G. furnieren, fourniren, fr. F. fournir to furnish. See Furnish.] To overlay or plate with a thin layer of wood or other material for outer finish or decoration; as, to veneer a piece of furniture with mahogany. Used also figuratively. [1913 Webster]
- As a rogue in grain Veneered with sanctimonious theory. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Veneer'
From: GCIDE
- Veneer \Ve*neer"\, n. [Cf. G. furnier or fournier. See Veneer, v. t.] A thin leaf or layer of a more valuable or beautiful material for overlaying an inferior one, especially such a thin leaf of wood to be glued to a cheaper wood; hence, external show; gloss; false pretense. [1913 Webster]
- Veneer moth (Zool.), any moth of the genus Chilo; -- so called because the mottled colors resemble those of veneering. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'veneer'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- appearance,
- aspect,
- board,
- brick,
- clapboard,
- coat,
- coating,
- collop,
- cover,
- covering,
- cursoriness,
- cut,
- deal,
- disguise,
- disk,
- enamel,
- epidermis,
- extenuate,
- exteriority,
- facade,
- face,
- facing,
- false front,
- feuille,
- film,
- finish,
- flap,
- foil,
- fold,
- front,
- fur,
- glass,
- glaze,
- gloss,
- gloss over,
- guise,
- lacquer,
- lamella,
- lamina,
- laminated glass,
- laminated wood,
- lap,
- lath,
- leaf,
- mask,
- membrane,
- mere scratch,
- no depth,
- no water,
- outward show,
- paint,
- pane,
- panel,
- paper,
- patina,
- peel,
- pellicle,
- pinprick,
- plait,
- plank,
- plate,
- plating,
- ply,
- plywood,
- rasher,
- revet,
- revetment,
- rind,
- safety glass,
- scale,
- scratch,
- scum,
- shake,
- shallowness,
- sheathe,
- sheet,
- shingle,
- shoaliness,
- show,
- skin,
- slab,
- slat,
- slate,
- slice,
- slightness,
- stone,
- sugarcoat,
- superficiality,
- superficies,
- surface,
- table,
- tablet,
- thatch,
- tile,
- triviality,
- varnish,
- wafer,
- wall in,
- wall up,
- wallpaper,
- weatherboard,
- white,
- whiten,
- whitewash,
- window dressing